Find the sweet spot of learner engagement by combining the
bite-sized power of microlearning with the motivating effect of digital badges.
By chunking your content to create microlearning-style tutorials and using
digital badges to reward learners and mark their achievements, you will
increase learner persistence and success in your online courses!

In this session, you’ll learn what makes the microlearning format
so effective and why badges are the perfect complement to drive learner
success. Using a case study of how a university library leveraged
microlearning-style tutorials and badges to dramatically expand its instructional
reach, you’ll find out how to implement a content-practice-assessment model to
create fast-paced tutorials, and how to structure a badges program to support
student learning. With just the right balance, you will engage more learners
than ever, sustainably!

In this session,
you will learn:

How to develop an effectively structured
badges program

How to design microlearning-style
tutorials

About the relationship between
microlearning, badges, and learner persistence

How to combine the microlearning
format with badges to reach more learners than ever

Technology
discussed in this session:Digital badges and tutorial design.

Lindsay O’Neill

Instructional Design Librarian

California State University–Fullerton

Lindsay O’Neill is an instructional design librarian at California State
University–Fullerton’s Pollak Library, where she designs and develops tutorials
using Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, and TechSmith Camtasia. She is
also a faculty member in CSUF’s master of science in instructional design and
technology program. Lindsay regularly consults on effective pedagogy,
instructional design, educational technology, open licensing, and accessibility.
She holds a master’s degree in education, specializing in educational
technology and instructional design, as well as a master’s degree in library
and information science.

Cynthia Gautreau

Director, Master of Science Instructional Design & Technology

California State University–Fullerton

Cynthia Gautreau is director of the master of science in instructional design
and technology program at California State University–Fullerton, as well as an
associate professor in the department of elementary and bilingual education.
Her experience includes teaching at the elementary level, technology
consulting in higher education, and graduate instruction at Cal Poly Pomona
and Claremont Graduate University. In addition to teaching, Cynthia continues
to pursue her interest in technology, professional development, and
motivation research. She holds a doctoral degree in education.

Barbara Glaeser

Faculty, Master of Science in Instructional Design & Technology

California State University, Fullerton

Barbara Glaeser is a faculty member at California State University–Fullerton,
where she helped design the master of science program in instructional design
and technology, now in its 16th successful year. In the program, she teaches
research methods, adult learning theory, and learning strategies, and
oversees master’s projects. Barbara, who holds a PhD, is also a professor in
the department of special education with expertise in remediation of learning
disabilities.